(VOVworld) - Britain cannot be fully protected against terrorism and attacks like those seen recently in mainland Europe could happen.

Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service Bernard Hogan-Howe speaks at the London School of Economics in London January 16, 2012. (Photo: Reuters)

This warning by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan Howe on Sunday reflects Britain's current "severe" threat level for international terrorism and follows a string of attacks in Germany and France, some of which have been linked to Islamic militants. Hogan-Howe acknowledged that people in Britain are increasingly worried they could be next.